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| Name | WATSON – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 35th and 87th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1167 – 35th Regiment 2204 – 87th Regiment |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 17th May 1838 / 17 years / Londonderry Derry Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9 in Fresh / Grey / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Mauritius – 6 years 279 days East Indies – 7 years 199 days |
| Length of Service | 21 years 34 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / Discharge approved 19 February 1861 Dublin Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | Indian Mutiny Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Manchester England |
| Pension Districts | 1861 2nd Manchester 1862-1865 Western Australia 1866-1871 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 6th October 1861 Portland England via Cape of Good Hope |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | LINCELLES 28th January 1862 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1821 Dundrane (possibly Drindrane) Londonderry Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | Not married |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not yet known |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Hobart Town Daily Mercury Saturday 27th August 1859 page 3 Burning of the Eastern Monarch |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1866 to South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 3 March 1871 Adelaide South Australia West Terrace Cemetery South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index 1841 Thomas Watson private 1167 35th foot, location Mauritius 1851 87th foot location depot Chatham England. Discharge: At own request having served for 21 years. Thomas could have been one of the soldiers returning to England on the Eastern Monarch as some of Thomas Watson’s documents were lost in the Eastern Monarch disaster. The Eastern Monarch sailed from Kurrachee on 22nd February 1859 with 352 invalid soldiers 30 women and 53 children. As it neared the end of its voyage at Spithead an explosion occurred killing one woman and 5 children and causing the loss of document relating to some of the soldiers including those of Thomas Watson. John Watson was admitted twice to the Royal Adelaide hospital firstly on 10 August 1870 where he said he was aged 49, single, protestant, residing at Hindley Street Adelaide, a shepherd and was born Londonderry, Ireland and had been in the colony for 8 years. The second time was five months later on 11 January 1871 and his particulars were the same except he had lived in the Colony for 8 years and 6 months, he died in the hospital on 3rd March 1871. A ship of arrival has not been recorded. |